Portfolio > Plankton Series

Diatom I
Timber, cane, horsehair, black Perspex, tennis racquet, tea container
470 x 495 x 40mm
2023
$725
Diatom II
Timber, black Perspex, resin, tea container
420 x 780 x 50mm
2023
$925
Diatom III
Timber, cane, tennis racquet, fibre, resin
360 x 380 x 30mm
2023
$725
Diatom IV
Timber, fibre, glass lenses
290 x 230 x 50mm
2023
$205
Diatom V
Timber, fibre, glass lens
70 x 70 x 70mm
2023
Diatom VI
Timber, glass lens, found object
190 x 155 x 70mm
2023
Rotifer I
Timber, fibre
210 x 190 x 30mm
2023
Rotifer II
Timber, fibre
140 x 90 x 40mm
2023
Rotifer III
Timber, fibre
350 x 160 x 80mm
2023
Rotifer IV
Jelutong, cedar, fibre
295 x 155 x 80mm
2023
Rotifer V
Jelutong, cedar, fibre
150 x 200 x 45mm
2023
Rotifer VI
Jelutong, cedar, fibre
360 x 585 x 80mm
2023
Rotifer VII
Timber, fibre
255 x 120 x 65mm
2023
Calcareous Sponge
Timber, fibre, branches
200 x 560 x 60mm
2023
Copepod I
Jelutong, cane, fibre
310 x 330 x 50mm
2023
Copepod II
Jelutong, cane, rabbit fur
320 x 295 x 40mm
2023
$295
Hydrozoa
Timber, cane, rabbit fur
170 x 600 x 60mm
2023
$295
Dinoflagellate
Jelutong, timber, rabbit fur, found branch
280 x 100 x 70mm
2023
Jellyfish
Jelutong, branch
200 x 260 x 200mm
2023
Copepoda
Timber, cane, tennis racquet, resin, black Perspex
795 x 400 x 70mm
2023
$925
Terebellid
Jelutong, found branch
70 x 440 x 110mm
2023
Diaptomus
Cane, timber, found objects, fibre
1040 x 850 x 90mm
2023
$1245
Calanoida I
Timber, cane, fishing reel, found objects, fibre
460 x 600 x 40mm
2023
$925
Calanoida II
Timber, cane, timber fishing reel, found objects, drum stick, thorns, timber tennis racquet
595 x 565 x 70mm
2023
$925
Calanoida III
Timber, fishing reel, fibre, found objects
605 x 480 x 55mm
2023

Kate’s works have recently been inspired by a trip to Tonga, swimming with humpback whales. This current series of works is entitled ‘Plankton’.

In these works, she seeks to make the minuscule, visible. By shining a light on the aesthetic beauty in the unseen life forms that underpin our existence, she hopes to reinforce our interconnectedness and reliance on the microscopic as well as grand creatures in our world. Rotifers are an important part of the freshwater zooplankton, being a major foodsource and with many species also contributing to the decomposition of soil organic matter. The complex variations to their forms is explored in these works.